CHANGE IS A JOURNEY. WE'RE IN IT WITH YOU.

Your Mental Wellbeing Starts Here

It’s good to talk but coping with life starts in the nervous system.

A Bottom-Up Approach to Mental Health & Wellbeing

A Community-First Revolution in Mental Wellbeing

The Mental Wellbeing Club is a local, community-based space hosted by Claudia Martinho, a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach where people can meet in a safe space to come to land, learn practical tools and reconnect, without diagnosis, pressure or judgment.

The Club has been created in response to overstretched systems and growing levels of stress, anxiety and disconnection. This safe space offers grounded, trauma informed support that works with the nervous system, not against it.

The Mental Wellbeing Club is not just a place to talk although talking is welcome here.

It is a trauma informed, nervous-system-led space, facilitated by certified professionals, where people are supported to understand themselves and build capacity to cope with life as it is.

Many spaces focus on:

“It’s okay to talk.”

The Mental Wellbeing Club also focuses on:

“It’s okay to feel and here’s how to work with what you feel.”

This is not group therapy or crisis care. It is preventative, human-centred mental wellbeing support rooted in safety, education and connection.

Why The Mental Wellbeing Club
Matters to Our Communities

The Mental Wellbeing Club matters because many people are not broken or unwell, they are overwhelmed, unsupported and navigating life in survival mode.

In communities where mental health services are overstretched and connection is fading, these clubs offer something essential which is a safe, non-clinical space to land, regulate and reconnect. By working with the nervous system first, The Mental Wellbeing Club provides practical, preventative support that helps people cope with everyday life before a crisis hits.

This is not about fixing people, it’s about restoring safety, building capacity and strengthening communities through human connection, consistency and care.

“The Mental Wellbeing Club is a worldwide network of safe, consistent, community-based spaces that offer bottom-up, trauma informed mental wellbeing support”

- Caroline Strawson

Founder & CEO of The Mental Wellbeing Company

Our Vision for The Mental Wellbeing Club

Our vision for The Mental Wellbeing Club is to create a network of safe, consistent, community-based
spaces offering bottom-up, trauma informed mental wellbeing support.

The Mental Wellbeing Club is run by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and a Certified Trauma Informed Coach
under The Mental Wellbeing Company brand, providing regular sessions where people can:

Feel safe enough to pause, land and breathe.

Understand their nervous system and emotional responses.

Learn practical tools to cope with everyday life.

Reconnect with themselves and others.

The heart of this vision is simple but powerful.

People leave knowing: “I understand myself better and I have ways to cope.”

Our aim is also a response to the reality that many people face in everyday life.

As a result of our systems being overstretched, we are seeing that too many individuals are not ‘ill enough’ for services, yet are struggling daily with stress, anxiety, overwhelm or emotional shutdown. The Mental Wellbeing Club exists to bridge that gap.

The Mental Wellbeing Club does not replace existing services, it relieves pressure by providing:

Early, accessible support

Practical tools people can use daily

A place to regulate rather than escalate

Our aim is to move people from poor mental health to positive mental wellbeing through accessible, grounded nervous system support.

What Happens During the Sessions

Each 2-hour session is hosted by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach and follows a trauma informed A‑B‑C flow, designed to build safety, capacity, and connection.

A -

Arrive & Settle

Time to land and arrive in a safe space.

Gentle settling and optional guided grounding
No pressure to talk or share
Support for the nervous system to move out of survival mode

B -

Build Capacity

Practical, accessible nervous system education.

Led by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach, this section includes:

Simple explanations of how the nervous system responds to stress
Worksheets and practical tools
Techniques to regulate rather than suppress
Capacity‑building for real‑life challenges

C -

Connect, Chat & Integrate

Safe, relaxed human connection

Space to chat, reflect or sit quietly with others
No expectation to share personal stories
Conversations held within clear, trauma informed boundaries

Each session is themed and intentionally designed to:

Create a space to regulate rather than escalate.
Build nervous system capacity for everyday challenges.
Reduce shame around stress, anxiety and emotional responses.
Offer support before crisis, burnout or breakdown.
This is not group therapy, it is a supported, human connection that helps people feel less alone.
Offering a welcoming, non‑clinical environment
Setting clear boundaries and professional facilitation by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach.
No pressure to talk or share
Offering practical tools you can use immediately.
Creating a consistent safe space you can return to

“This is bottom‑up support, focused on understanding and working with the body,

not willpower or positive thinking”.

- Caroline Strawson

Founder & CEO of The Mental Wellbeing Company

Meet Your

Certified Mental Wellbeing Practitioner & Trauma Informed Coach

I’m Claudia, founder of Work in Progress Lab.

I work with people who are used to holding things together on the outside, but feel the strain underneath. Navigating pressure, transitions, or a quiet sense that something isn’t quite working anymore.

My approach brings together trauma-informed coaching, nervous system awareness, and behavioural insight to help you understand how you respond under pressure and build practical ways to feel more steady, clear, and in control.

This isn’t about doing more or pushing through.
It’s about learning how to work with yourself, so change feels intentional rather than overwhelming.

Ready to join us at
The Mental Wellbeing Club?

Come along to a supportive space designed for people who may feel nervous, overwhelmed or unsure. We promise you won’t be the only one. Take that important first step and book your place in a safe, gentle space where nothing is expected of you and you are welcome just as you are. We are confident that you will make new friends too.